Note from the Executive and Artistic Director
Almost every musician I know has at least one compelling story about a music teacher who has had a profound effect on his or her personal development. Study after study demonstrates that a strong musical training has an overwhelmingly positive effect on children’s ability to form lasting friendships, to work well as part of a team, to develop personal discipline and confidence, and last but not least, to value the Pre-concert introduction – with Monica Huggett and Christina Hutten creation of beauty as a core human value. It also has the side effect of making children better at the type of things that people can express in numbers, like performance on standardized tests and achievement in non-musical subjects like math and science. It is no surprise to me, but studying music is apparently verifiably good for both our hearts and our brains.
The richness and variety of talent in EMV’s 49th season would not have been possible without the sustained efforts of hundreds of musical educators from all over the world over many, many years. The 2018-19 EMV Season Calendar is a visual tribute to these music teachers, the unsung heroes who have spent countless and often painstaking hours correcting and managing things as diverse as wayward tuning, imprecise rhythm, ridiculously awkward stage deportment, and even the odd psychological disorder, all for the greater cause of music. As audience members who are often unaware of the sustained and painstaking work involved with bringing a great performance to the stage, we have a lot for which to be thankful. Great music lessons and teachers lead to great performances.
I am proud to say that, since the beginning, EMV has made music education a key aspect of our operations. Our summer programmes in historical performance practice were for many years considered to be some of the best in the world and they have created a lasting legacy worldwide. In our 49th season, EMV continues this legacy through our highly successful Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme and our recently expanded Early Music Scholarship Programme.
After another record-breaking year in 2017-18, EMV is excited to announce that this season, in addition to presenting the Vancouver Bach Festival and our Vancouver-based Main Series concerts, we will be expanding our operations to Victoria with the inauguration of the Pacific Baroque Series – a new collaboration with Christ Church Cathedral Victoria and the Pacific Baroque Festival. This is a first for the organization, and we are excited to connect with new audiences and new supporters. There is so much to look forward to and so much left to learn – see you at an EMV event soon!
Matthew White Executive and Artistic Director
Calendar cover image: Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931): Performance photos in this Calendar are “Peaceful Days” (The Music Lesson), 1875 - detail by EMV events photographer Jan Gates. MASTERWORKS SERIES
Supported by Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 – Angela Hewitt Katherine E. Paton Tuesday July 31 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Angela Hewitt piano
Masaaki Suzuki Bach Trauer Ode bwv 198 Supported by Friday August 10 at 7:30 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts The Drance Family in honour of José Verstappen and Betty Drance, Alexander Weimann music director and by | Visiting Foreign Artists Program Pacific Baroque Orchestra Soloists of Gli Angeli Genève: Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone Supported by Joanne Lunn Bach Collegium Japan – Masaaki Suzuki Zelie and Vincent Tan and Adèle Lafleur Bach, Vivaldi, Handel Sunday December 9 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Masaaki Suzuki music director Joanne Lunn soprano
Supported by Festive Cantatas The Drance Family and Sharon E. Kahn A Monteverdi Christmas Vespers Elisa Citterio Sunday December 23 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts David Fallis music director Cappella Borealis Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Supported by J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation Friday January 25 at 7:30 pm | Vancouver Playhouse
Elisa Citterio music director The King’s Singers Programmed, conceived and scripted by Alison Mackay
The King’s Singers Supported by Jeannette McMillan and Douglas Graves Royal Blood: Music for Henry VIII and Birgit Westergaard and Norman Gladstone Saturday February 9 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Schubert Death and the Maiden A collaboration with and works by Mozart Chiaroscuro Quartet Sunday March 10 at 3:00 pm | Vancouver Playhouse Chiaroscuro Quartet with Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Handel Coronation Anthems Sunday April 14 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Alexander Weimann music director Supported by Helen and Frank Elfert Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation Vancouver Cantata Singers prepared by VCS Artistic Director Paula Kremer Kristian Bezuidenhout VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL
Goldberg Variations Monday July 30 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Supported by Benjamin Alard harpsichord Benjamin Alard Supported by Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 – Katherine E. Paton Angela Hewitt Tuesday July 31 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC Angela Hewitt piano
Supported by Mozart Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Sharon E. Kahn Wednesday August 1 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Marc Destrubé Eric Zivian fortepiano, and Marc Destrubé violin Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse and Garden Wednesday August 1 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Supported by Alexander Weimann harpsichord, Chloe Meyers violin, The Mary & Gordon Soile Stratkauskas flute, andBeiliang Zhu cello Christopher Foundation Eric Zivian Supported by Schubert Lieder for Voice and Guitar David McMurtry Thursday August 2 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Colin Balzer tenor Lucas Harris 19th-century guitar
Supported by the Musica Transalpina: Vivaldi to Bach Brennan Spano Family Foundation Alto Reginald L. Mobley and Pacific MusicWorks Soile Stratkauskas Thursday August 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Stephen Stubbs music director
Songs without Words: Renaissance Madrigals Reimagined Friday August 3 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Chloe Meyers violin, Christina Hutten harpsichord & organ, Colin Balzer and Lucas Harris lute & theorbo
Bach Cantatas: Actus Tragicus Supported by Friday August 3 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral Visiting Foreign Artists Program Gli Angeli Genève Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone Reginald L. Mobley Bach Solo Sonatas and Suites for Gamba Tuesday August 7 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Romina Lischka gamba Francis Jacob organ and harpsichord
Supported by Gli Angeli Genève De Profundis: Aleksandra Lewandowska, Alex Potter, Thomas Hobbs and Stephan MacLeod 17th-Century Sacred Music for Solo Bass and by Bryan and Gail Atkins Tuesday August 7 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Cappella Borealis sackbut & cornetto ensemble Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan MacLeod bass baritone
Britten Abraham and Isaac Wednesday August 8 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Romina Lischka Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor Alexander Weimann piano
Supported by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Mark de Silva with Monica Huggett and Byron Schenkman Wednesday August 8 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Monica Huggett violin Alex Potter Byron Schenkman 19th-century fortepiano
Supported by Pergolesi Stabat Mater – EMV Emerging Artists Recital Vic and Joan Baker Thursday August 9 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral and Bryan and Gail Atkins A great opportunity to hear the next generation of early musicians! Members of the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme and EMV’s Scholarship programme recipients perform chamber music beside their mentors. – ADMISSION BY DONATION. Thomas Hobbs
Supported by Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres Jo Anne Tharalson Thursday August 9 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Aleksandra Lewandowska & Emma Hannan sopranos, with La Modestine: Marc Destrubé & Linda Melsted violins, Natalie Mackie gamba, and Michael Jarvis harpsichord
Bach Trauer Ode bwv 198 Supported by Stephan MacLeod Friday August 10 at 7:30 pm The Drance Family in honour of José Verstappen and Betty Drance, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and by | Visiting Foreign Artists Program Alexander Weimann music director Pacific Baroque Orchestra Soloists of Gli Angeli Genève: Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone Cappella Borealis CATHEDRAL SERIES
Supported by Medieval Echoes Agnes Hohn Tuesday June 12 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Norbert Rodenkirchen medieval transverse flutes Norbert Rodenkirchen Supported by Pacific Baroque Orchestra Bruce Wright Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico Saturday September 29 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Pacific Baroque Orchestra Enrico Onofri guest director and violin soloist
Supported by EMV’s Board of Directors Vox Luminis Vox Luminis Purcell: Funeral Music for a Prince and a Queen Saturday October 13 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier music director
Supported by Schubert Winterreise Tony and Margie Knox
Friday November 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Lionel Meunier Philippe Sly bass-baritone Michael McMahon 19th-century fortepiano
Chopin – The Last Concert In collaboration with Friday February 22 at 7;30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Tobias Koch 19th-century fortepiano Supported by Chris Guzy and Mari Csemi
The Polish Romantics In collaboration with Philippe Sly Saturday February 23 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Tobias Koch 19th-century fortepiano Supported by Chris Guzy and Mari Csemi
Guillaume de Machaut – Remede de Fortune Supported by Elaine Adair Saturday March 23 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Blue Heron | Scott Metcalfe director in collaboration with Les Délices | Debra Nagy director Scott Metcalfe Martin Near, Owen McIntosh & Jason McStoots voice Debra Nagy recorders, douçaine, harp & voice Charles Weaver lute, Scott Metcalfe fiddle and harp Venice in the East: Music from Renaissance Crete Friday May 10 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Supported by Dorothy Jantzen Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas music director Cappella Romana PACIFIC BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
The PBO series ALEXANDER WEIMANN is supported by MUSIC DIRECTOR and by Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse and Garden Wednesday August 1 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Sunday September 23 at 2:30 pm | Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt Alexander Weimann harpsichord, Chloe Meyers violin, Soile Stratkauskas flute, andBeiliang Zhu cello
Bach Trauer Ode bwv 198 Supported by Friday August 10 at 7:30 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts The Drance Family in honour of José Verstappen and Betty Drance, Alexander Weimann Alexander Weimann music director and by | Visiting Foreign Artists Program Soloists of Gli Angeli Genève: Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone
Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico Supported by Bruce Wright Friday September 28 at 7:30 pm | Matsqui Centennial Auditorium, Abbotsford Saturday September 29 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Sunday September 30 at 3:00 pm | Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver Enrico Onofri guest director and violin soloist J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio – Manitoba Tour Enrico Onofri Thursday December 6 | Steinbeck MB Friday December 7 | Gretna MB Saturday December 8 | Winnipeg MB Sunday December 9 | Brandon MB Handel Coronation Anthems Sunday April 14 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Alexander Weimann music director Supported by Helen and Frank Elfert Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation Vancouver Cantata Singers prepared by VCS Artistic Director Paula Kremer Chloe Meyers
Performance photo PBO + choir here (if possible with Gli Angeli Geneve) EMV PRESENTS THE in cooperation with PACIFIC BAROQUE SERIES IN VICTORIA
Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral Goldberg Variations Friday July 27 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria (930 Burdett Ave) Benjamin Alard organ
Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 – Angela Hewitt Thursday August 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Benjamin Alard Angela Hewitt piano
The Complete Cello Suites – J.S. Bach Thursday September 20 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria (Cello Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5) Friday September 21 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria (Cello Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 6) Beiliang Zhu baroque cello Angela Hewitt
Festive Cantatas – A Monteverdi Christmas Vespers Thursday December 20 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria David Fallis music director Cappella Borealis With voices, violins, cornetti, sackbuts, theorbos and keyboards, EMV’s Christmas presentation this season recreates the lavish Christmas Vespers Beiliang Zhu celebration from the Church of San Marco in 17th-century Venice – with music by the incomparable Claudio Monteverdi, featuring works from his 1641 collection of sacred music.
For information on the Victoria concerts of the Pacific Baroque Series and the Pacific Baroque Festival:
pacbaroque.com David Fallis 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PACIFIC BAROQUE FESTIVAL IN VICTORIA
Marc Destrubé artistic director in partnership with
Music that Deserves to be Heard: The Düben Collection — Chamber works by Buxtehude, Becker and Reinicken Thursday February 7 at 11:00 am | Alix Goolden Performance Hall La Modestine $25 adult, $20 seniors & students – incl a complimentary pre-concert coffee from 10 am Harmonie Universelle: Buxtehude Te Deum Thursday February 7 at 8:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral organ John Walthausen Marc Destrubé, artistic director $25 adult, $20 seniors & students Bach Transformed: Concertos and Sinfonias Friday February 8 at 8:00 pm | Alix Goolden Performance Hall Pacific Baroque Festival Ensemble– Marc Destrubé director $30 adult, $25 seniors & students Venetian Glory: Vivaldi’s Gloria Saturday February 9 at 8:00 pm | Alix Goolden Performance Hall Victoria Children’s Choir – Madeleine Humer director Pacific Baroque Festival Ensemble– Marc Destrubé director $30 adult, $25 seniors & students The Eternal Harmony of Choral Evensong – with Service Music by Henry Purcell Sunday February 10 at 4:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral St Christopher Singers – Donald Hunt, Madeleine Humer directors Pacific Baroque Festival Ensemble– Marc Destrubé director Voluntary offerings gratefully received For more details on the concerts at the 15th Anniversary Season of the Pacific Baroque Festival: Festival Pass: $100 adults; $80 seniors & students pacbaroque.com
Dirck Hals (1591-1656): “The Music Lesson” (146 – detail)
JUNE 2018 earlymusic.bc.ca
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Supported by Medieval Echoes Agnes Hohn Tuesday June 12 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Norbert Rodenkirchen medieval transverse flutes Norbert Rodenkirchen is best known to Vancouver audiences for his long-term association with Sequentia ensemble for medieval music. In this contemplative mixed recital of music for flute, he will lead the audience through a series of improvisations on material that includes the sequences of the 10th-century musician, author, poet and Benedictine monk Notker Balbulus, as well as early minstrel tunes and instrumental music by Guillaume de Machaut.
The monk Notker Balbulus (illumination from a Sequentiary from Minden, Germany, ca. 1025).
THE VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2018 RUNS FROM JULY 30 THROUGH AUGUST 10
Illumination featuring the seven liberal arts of the medieval university curriculum, from the workshop of Pesellino (Francesco di Stefano), c. 1460
Louis Moritz (1773-1850): “The Music Lesson” (1808 – detail)
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Goldberg Variations EMV’s NEW Pacific Baroque Series in Victoria Friday July 27 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave, Victoria Benjamin Alard organ A unique performance by Benjamin Alard of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on organ, featuring the 2005 instrument by Helmuth Wolff at Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral. VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2018 Goldberg Variations
Monday July 30 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Supported by Benjamin Alard harpsichord EMV continues its multi-year exploration of the Goldberg Variations with the elegance and insight offered by harpsichordist and organistBenjamin Alard who, at age 19, was awarded first prize and the public’s prize at the prestigious 2004 Musica Antiqua Harpsichord Competition in Bruges. He recently embarked on a project to record all of Bach’s keyboard works for Harmonia Mundi.
Supported by Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 – Angela Hewitt Katherine E. Paton Tuesday July 31 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Angela Hewitt piano Pianist Angela Hewitt has made Bach’s music the cornerstone of her brilliant, exuberant artistry. Join us as she continues the second season of her remarkable four-year journey through Bach’s keyboard works. In this concert she plays Bach’s 24 preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
THE VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2018 CONTINUES THROUGH AUGUST 10 Antoine Coypel (1661–1722): “Allegory of Music” (1681-84 – detail) AUGUST 2018 earlymusic.bc.ca
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Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 – EMV’s new Pacific Baroque Series in Victoria Angela Hewitt Thursday August 2 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave, Victoria Angela Hewitt piano VANCOUVER BACH FESTIVAL 2018
DAYTIME CONCERTS AT 1:00 PM EVENING CONCERTS AT 7:30 PM Mozart Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse and Garden Wednesday August 1 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Wednesday August 1 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Eric Zivian fortepiano Alexander Weimann harpsichord, Chloe Meyers violin, Marc Destrubé violin Soile Stratkauskas flute, andBeiliang Zhu cello
Schubert Lieder for Voice and Guitar Musica Transalpina: Vivaldi to Bach Thursday August 2 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Alto Reginald L. Mobley and Pacific MusicWorks Colin Balzer tenor Thursday August 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Lucas Harris 19th-century guitar Stephen Stubbs music director
Songs without Words: Bach Cantatas: Actus Tragicus Renaissance Madrigals Reimagined Friday August 3 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Friday August 3 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Gli Angeli Genève Chloe Meyers violin, Christina Hutten harpsichord & Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone & music director organ, and Lucas Harris lute & theorbo Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, and Thomas Hobbs tenor
Bach Solo Sonatas and Suites for Gamba De Profundis: Tuesday August 7 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral 17th-Century Sacred Music for Solo Bass Romina Lischka gamba Tuesday August 7 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Francis Jacob organ and harpsichord Cappella Borealis sackbut & cornetto ensemble, Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone
Britten Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Abraham and Isaac with Monica Huggett and Byron Schenkman Wednesday August 8 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Wednesday August 8 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor Monica Huggett violin Alexander Weimann piano Byron Schenkman 19th-century fortepiano
Pergolesi Stabat Mater – EMV Emerging Artists Recital Couperin Leçons de Ténèbres Thursday August 9 at 1:00 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Thursday August 9 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral A great opportunity to hear the next generation of early musicians! Members of Aleksandra Lewandowska & Emma Hannan sopranos, with the Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme and EMV’s Scholarship programme La Modestine: Marc Destrubé & Linda Melsted violins, recipients perform chamber music beside their mentors. – ADMISSION BY DONATION. Natalie Mackie gamba, Michael Jarvis harpsichord
Bach Trauer Ode bwv 198 – at the Chan Centre Supported by Friday August 10 at 7:30 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Alexander Weimann music director The Drance Family in honour of José Verstappen and Betty Drance, Pacific Baroque Orchestra and by | Visiting Foreign Artists Program Soloists of Gli Angeli Genève: Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano, Alex Potter alto, Thomas Hobbs tenor, Stephan MacLeod bass-baritone J.S. Bach’s great Trauer Ode is a large-scale secular cantata for orchestra and soloists, is unusually richly scored, and includes not only pairs of flutes and oboes d’amore, but also of violas da gamba and lutes in addition to a full string orchestra.
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926): “The Banjo Lesson” (1893/4)
SEPTEMBER 2018 earlymusic.bc.ca
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EMV’s NEW Pacific Baroque Series in Victoria J.S. Bach: The Complete Cello Suites Thursday September 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm Friday September 21, 2018 at 7:30 pm Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Cello Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5 Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 & 6 Beiliang Zhu baroque cello Beiliang Zhu, principal cellist with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, is a past winner of the Leipzig International Bach Competition. She views playing these richly chorded Suites with six movements each – a prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue, and other dances – as an “extraordinary journey”.
Supported by Pacific Baroque Orchestra Bruce Wright Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico Saturday September 29 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Pacific Baroque Orchestra Enrico Onofri guest director and violin soloist Antonio Vivaldi, master and model of invention, inspired over a half century of European music with his first published set of concertos for one, two, and four violins: L’Estro Armonico. The Pacific Baroque Orchestra offers selections from this seminal work, and from Vivaldi’s La Stravaganza – led by the imaginative and wildy virtuosic Italian violinist Enrico Onofri.
Albert von Keller (1844-1920): “Music Lesson in the Artist’s Drawing Room” (c.1890 – detail)
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Vox Luminis Supported by EMV’s Board of Directors Purcell: Funeral Music for a Prince and a Queen Saturday October 13 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier music director Vox Luminis, the award-winning Belgian early music vocal ensemble created in 2004 by artistic director Lionel Meunier, performs over 60 concerts a year – appearing on stages in Belgium, across Europe, and around the world. This concert features Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien and Thomas Morley’s Music for the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I – leading up to Purcell’s exquisite Funeral Sentences and his poignant Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary.
17th-Century image of musicians at the funeral of Queen Mary II
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924): “The Piano Lesson” (1871)
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Supported by Schubert Winterreise Tony and Margie Knox Friday November 2 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Philippe Sly bass-baritone Michael McMahon 19th-century fortepiano One of Canada’s most successful young baritones teams up with one of Canada’s most respected pianists for a performance of Franz Schubert’s deeply moving 1827 Philippe Sly song cycle “Die Winterreise” (Winter’s Journey), accompanied on an 19th-century fortepiano.
Casper David Friedrch (1774-1840): “Winter Landscape” (1811, detail)
Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865): ”Singing Lesson”
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Supported by Bach Collegium Japan – Masaaki Suzuki Zelie and Vincent Tan Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Adèle Lafleur Sunday December 9 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Masaaki Suzuki music director Joanne Lunn soprano Bach Collegium Japan was founded in 1990 by its inspirational music director Masaaki Suzuki to introduce the Japanese audience to period instrument performances of great works from the baroque period. For this concert the ensemble has invited acclaimed British soprano Joanne Lunn for a programme that includes Bach’s Orchestral Suite no 2, Concertos by Vivaldi and Marcello, and Handel’s virtuoso soprano cantata Silete Venti.
Festive Cantatas Supported by The Drance Family A Monteverdi Christmas Vespers and Sharon E. Kahn Sunday December 23 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts David Fallis music director Arwen Myers Danielle Sampson Vicki St. Pierre Colin Balzer Cappella Borealis With voices, violins, cornetti, sackbuts, theorbos and keyboards, EMV’s Christmas presentation this season recreates the lavish Christmas Vespers celebration from the Church of San Marco in 17th-century Venice – with music by the incomparable Claudio Monteverdi, featuring works from his 1641 collection of sacred music.
Pacific Baroque Orchestra | Bach’s Christmas Oratorio | Manitoba Tour Steinbeck, Manitoba Gretna, Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Brandon, Manitoba Thursday December 6 Friday December 7 Saturday December 8 Sunday December 9
Auguste Renoir (1841–1919): “The Daughters of Catulle Mendès: Huguette, Claudine, and Helyonne” (1888)
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Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Supported by J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation Friday January 25 at 7:30 pm | Vancouver Playhouse EMV presents Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in J.S. Bach: The Circle of Creation – a celebration of the genius of Bach, and the latest multi-media creation by Alison Mackay, the creator of phenomenally successful Tafelmusik productions seen around the world including The Galileo Project and House of Dreams.
Conceived, programmed and scripted by Alison Mackay Narrator Blair Williams Directed by Elisa Citterio Stage Director Marshall Pynkoski Production Designer Glenn Davidson Projections Designer Raha Javanfar Film Editor Jane MacRae
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924): “Piano Practice” (1924 – detail)
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The King’s Singers Royal Blood: Music for Henry VIII Supported by Saturday February 9 at 7:30 pm Jeannette McMillan and Douglas Graves and Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Birgit Westergaard and Norman Gladstone Exploring music on themes of death, health and love, The King’s Singers unravel the drama that characterised life at the mercy of some of England’s most intriguing and unpredictable monarchs.
Chopin – The Last Concert Friday February 22 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Tobias Koch 19th-century fortepiano
The Polish Romantics Saturday February 23 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Tobias Koch 19th-century fortepiano Two recitals in collaboration with
Supported by Chris Guzy and Mari Csemi
Pacific Baroque Festival February 7-10 Marc Destrubé artistic director For details see the panel in the front of this calendar A annual event taking place in Victoria at Christ Church Cathedral, and at the Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Alix Goolden Performance Hall. VICTORIA BC For information on the Pacific Baroque Festival: pacbaroque.com
Christoph Weigel (1654–1725): “The Cantor” – original copperplate engraving with later colouring
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One of the greatest masterworks of 17th-century music, Dieterich Buxtehude’s Membra Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri Jesu Nostri, an intense and expressive cycle of cantatas on the wounds of Christ. The Friday March 8 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral programme will also explore selected masterworks of 17th-century Germany for choir, soloists & instruments. The Keio University Ensemble from Tokyo, directed by Nozomi Alexander Weimann music director Sato, joins local soloists, members of EMV and UBC’s Baroque Mentorship Orchestra, ADMISSION BY DONATION and Cappella Borealis, for a rich and varied programme from the early German Baroque. Schubert Death and the Maiden A collaboration with and works by Mozart Sunday March 10 at 3:00 pm | Vancouver Playhouse Chiaroscuro Quartet Alina Ibragimova & Pablo Hernán Benedí violins Emilie Hörnlund viola, Claire Thirion cello Kristian Bezuidenhout with Kristian Bezuidenhout fortepiano Photo credit: Marco Borggreve
Supported by Guillaume de Machaut – Remede de Fortune Elaine Adair Saturday March 23 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Blue Heron | Scott Metcalfe director in collaboration with Les Délices | Debra Nagy director Martin Near, Owen McIntosh & Jason McStoots voice Debra Nagy recorders, douçaine, harp & voice Charles Weaver lute, Scott Metcalfe fiddle and harp Guillaume de Machaut’s narrative poem Remede de Fortune tells the tale of a woebegone lover who is counseled by Lady Hope on how to be happy and persevere in the face of the ups and downs dished out by Fortune and her wheel. Boston-based Blue Heron present a pocket version of the Remede de Fortune, including narration, projected images from manuscripts curated by Machaut, and more.
Charles-André van Loo (1705-1765): “La musique” (c.1753 - detail)
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Handel Coronation Anthems Sunday April 14 at 3:00 pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Alexander Weimann music director Supported by Helen and Frank Elfert Pacific Baroque Orchestra and the Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation Vancouver Cantata Singers prepared by VCS Artistic Director Paula Kremer Handel’s monumental Coronation Anthems, composed in 1727 for the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline of England, bring an exciting, regal note to end the PBO’s season with a performance at the Chan Centre. This programme will be complemented by Handel’s festive Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (upon which she granted Handel a “pension” of two hundred pounds a year, for life). King George II and Queen Caroline
Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719): “The Music Lesson”
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Venice in the East: Music from Renaissance Crete Supported by Cappella Romana Dorothy Jantzen Friday May 10 at 7:30 pm | Christ Church Cathedral Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas director Byzantine musicologist and performer Alexander Lingas directs his 13-voice ensemble Cappella Romana, renowned for their presentations of music that span the full breadth of the Roman tradition, from the Greek East to the Latin West. Here Lingas conducts Venice in the East, a programme of medieval Byzantine chant and related Latin works influenced by Byzantine tradition from Crete and the Ionian Islands, which were ruled by the Venetians after the Latin conquest of Constantinople in 1204, and from Cyprus, a Venetian outpost from 1489 to 1571. This programme was commissioned by the Utrecht Early Music Festival (The Netherlands), the largest early music festival in the world, where Cappella Romana presented the debut performance in 2016. Detail from a 16th-century Icon by Michael Damaskenos (Cretan School): “Holy Liturgy”
Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937): “The Banjo Lesson” (1893 – detail)
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coming up: Early Music Vancouver’s 50th Anniversary Season! Early Music Vancouver PARTNERS
board of directors Early Music Vancouver gratefully acknowledges the assistance and support of:
Chris Guzy president GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Fran Watters vice president
Spencer Corrigal cpa,ca We acknowledge the support of treasurer the Province of British Columbia Tony Knox past president Ilia Korkh secretary FOUNDATIONS Sherrill Grace THE BRENNAN SPANO Melody Mason FAMILY FOUNDATION Jesse Read THE DRANCE FAMILY Tim Rendell cpa,ca EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER FUND Ingrid Söchting Vincent Tan 2018-19 PRODUCTION PARTNERS ÷ José Verstappen cm EMV’s performances at the Chan Centre are presented in partnership with the Chan Centre for the artistic director emeritus Performing Arts, with the support of the Chan Endowment Fund at the University of British Columbia.
÷ pacific baroque staff orchestra alexander weimann MUSIC director Matthew White executive & artistic director Nathan Lorch business manager Jocelyn Peirce development coordinator Laina Tanahara marketing & volunteer coordinator production partners in victoria bc: Jonathan Evans production coordinator
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Trevor Mangion 1291 West 40th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6M 1V3 Canada We also gratefully acknowledgewww.knoxlex.com the generosity of our many donors and volunteers. and Knox & Co. denotes D.A.Knox Law Corporation The Chan Centre Box Office Staff emv ticket office: 604.822.2697 THANK YOU! EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY 2018-19
Marc Destrubé leads a large instrumental ensemble in rehearsal A Baroque Orchestra Mentorsip Programme session for one of our performances in the Coach House at Green College, UBC. coached by PBO concertmaster Chloe Meyers
emv’s educational mandate: “To sponsor musical performances and educational opportunities informed by an in-depth knowledge of original performing conditions, period-specific instruments, and broad historical context.”
Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme (BOMP) Developing the next generation of period performers, students rehearse weekly over each academic term at UBC with a core group of five professional mentors led by the PBO’s Music Director Alexander Weimann. A select group of students are recruited to participate in the programme, and instruments have been made available for loan to all participants through the UBC School of Music and EMV’s Instrument Collections. This programme is generously supported by Vic and Joan Baker. EMV Scholarship Programme for BC Residents In the Fall of 2017, EMV began a new scholarship programme awarding up to 10 annual scholarships to BC residents. Qualified candidates are professional-track music students or active professional musicians seeking to develop skills in early music performance. This initiative, like EMV’s Baroque Orchestra Mentorship Programme is aimed at increasing the long-term sustainability of the regional period instrument scene in BC by providing instruction on early music performance through private lessons with primarily regionally based professional artists. This programme is supported by Bryan and Gail Atkins. Green College Performances Over the last ten years EMV has offered an annual series of free lecture-demonstrations at Green College at UBC, related to our season programming and designed to inform and grow our audience base. St. Anselm’s performances In 2017-18, with the help of the Drance Family, EMV began a partnership with St. Anselm’s Church on the UBC campus to present an annual series of events related to programmes from EMV’s Main Series that serve to enrich the community’s awareness of early music in the broader community. EMV Instrument Collection Over the years, EMV has assembled a valuable collection of unique historical instruments. This collection is available to the community and benefits many musicians and established cultural institutions that produce concerts and educational programmes of repertoire requiring specialized instruments. Other Education & Outreach Activities In addition to our formal education & outreach programmes, EMV also hosts open dress rehearsals, pre-concert discussions before all concerts, documentary screenings, and public talks relating to our repertoire. These presentations are all free and open to the public. For a full schedule of events go to Education and Community at earlymusic.bc.ca SINGLE TICKET PRICING
Single tickets for EMV events in Vancouver can be purchased: online: www.earlymusic.bc.ca by phone: 604.822.2697 in person: EMV Ticket Office - Chan Centre 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver BC Regular: $6800 / $5200 / $3600 35 and under: $3350 / $2550 / $17 00 exceptions: 1 pm concerts during the Vancouver Bach Festival: $2500, general admission seating.
Single Tickets for the Pacific Baroque Series in Victoria can be purchased: (Subscription packages not available for the Pacific Baroque Series in Victoria) online: www.pacbaroque.com by phone: 250.386.5311 in person: Victoria Conservatory of Music & Alix Goolden Performance Hall Box Office 900 Johnson Street, Victoria BC (box office charges apply)
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